Phénia Marras – Aït Razouk is Marine Adviser in charge of multilateral cooperation and institutional partnerships at the French Biodiversity Agency (OFB), based in Brest. She studied at the University Institute for European Studies in Paris on the geopolitical, economic and sociocultural challenges of European integration. She is an associate member of the European Institute for Marine Studies (IUEM) at the University of Brest (UBO). She’s developing pilot initiatives relative to area-based management tools and governance in the high seas, as well related to marine biodiversity conservation policies, for regional seas and international legal frameworks. Since 2010, she has been leading international consortia for regional networks of marines protected areas managers. She was previously Fundraising Manager in Radio France international (RFI) for capacity building projects in the media and in social economy.